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title: "7 Ought Better Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Ought Better quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Ought Better sayings and thoughts."
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> [There ought to be a better way than government to run the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashleigh-brilliant/there-ought-to-be-a-better-way-than-government-to-run-the-world/)

[Ashleigh Brilliant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashleigh-brilliant/)

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> [“Given what we have and what we know, we ought to be a better people than we are. We ought to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/given-what-we-have-and-what-we-know-we-ought-to-be-a-better-people/)

[Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/)

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> [“For since a Prince by birth has fewer occasions and less need to give offence, he ought to be better loved, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/for-since-a-prince-by-birth-has-fewer-occasions-and-less-need-to-give/)

[Niccolò Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [It is all true, or it ought to be; and more and better besides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-all-true-or-it-ought-to-be-and-more-and-better-besides/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-rutherford/if-your-experiment-needs-statistics-you-ought-to-have-done-a-better/)

[Ernest Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-rutherford/)

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> [from the beginning of my sojourn in this world there was a persistent vacancy in me where the industry ought to be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/from-the-beginning-of-my-sojourn-in-this-world-there-was-a-persistent/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/a-loser-says-that-s-the-way-it-s-always-been-done-a-winner-says-there/)

[Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/)

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